Got to take out the 21mm today. As I'm pretty new to landscape, I would appreciate any and all comments, the more brutal the better. I got wrapped up with work until 11AM, so I know that the light is harsh. I'm going to try and get out for a shoot on a nice early morning. Just need to escape the 4 and 2 year old chains

Ignore the banding in the sky. It's compression from picasa and not there in the actual images. Oh, and for the kicker, I have hardly touched these images in post. The blues and other colors are the lens and CPL doing their thing

On this one, I turned the clarity down to -100 and I kind of like the effect

Get out to the location either early before sunrise or a little before sun down.

The trees in the location you are at are beautiful...so take advantage. Get down to where that river is and try to get a shot with the river and colorful trees. Wide angle shots usually look great if you put something interesting in the foreground so keep that in mind. Good luck, I hope you get some good shots!!

Got to take out the 21mm today. As I'm pretty new to landscape, I would appreciate any and all comments, the more brutal the better.

Do not assume that a wide angle is always the best choice for landscapes - I try to use the longest lens I can, and hate the WA look.

The lake scene looks as it would have been better panned right (the perspective leads the eye out of the picture) but I do not know what was out of shot... and I think it would have been better with a longer lens.

Thanks for commenting. I usually take along all of my lenses, but on that day, I was traveling light with just my Zeiss 21mm. Some of my favorite landscape shots have come out at focal lengths in the telephoto range, so I do usually mix it up. One of the best comments that I received in PM was my shots missing a subject. Whether it be something in the foreground to draw the eye, or something to stand out. I think that's why I like the dead tree shot and the yellow canopy shot. There is a subject to the shot with a beautiful backdrop. The other shots almost seem "snapshot"y